A Second Look at Casta
by Salvage Vanguard Theater
May. 06, 2017
Saturday
Salvage Vanguard Theater (SVT) announces A Second Look at Casta by playwright Adrienne Dawes. Directed by Jenny Larson and in collaboration with visual artist Beth Consetta Rubel and composer Graham Reynolds, Casta is a new performance piece inspired by the casta paintings of Nueva España (Mexico).
This series of portraits grew in popularity over the 18th century, and were a unique genre of portraiture, depicting different racial mixtures arranged according to a hierarchy of race and status, as determined by Spanish elites.
The complexities of contemporary racial identity are echoed in this distant mirror of casta paintings. How do Old World anxieties about ambiguous identities reflect contemporary biases? How can the interaction between performance and visual art, specifically portraiture, open a window for a unique audience experience about racial identity?
Salvage Vanguard presents "a second look” workshop of this exciting new piece-in-progress that will experiment with a museum format for a public performance at the Dougherty Arts Center.
Salvage Vanguard is a Resident Artist Organization of the Dougherty Arts Center through the Museums and Cultural Programs Division of the Austin Parks and Recreation Department.
Performances by Kenah Benefield, Florinda Bryant, Marina De-Yoe Pedraza, Noel Gaulin, Lori Navarrete, and khattieq.
A Second Look at Casta
by Adrienne Dawes, Beth Consetta Rubel, Graham Reynolds,
Salvage Vanguard Theater
May 06, 2017
Saturday, May 6, 2017 from 8pm to 10pm
Julia C. Butridge Gallery at the Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Rd. For more information please contact jenny@salvagevanguard.org
TICKETS: FREE online or at the door. Reservations can be made at salvagevanguard.org/tickets/
